I don’t think I can do that.  The second the words came out of my mouth I felt a mix of both shame and relief.  Ashamed that I felt relief perhaps.   Just moments before, the youth pastor of our small country church had asked me to do a favor for him.  Glad to help and serve where […]

There is a classic memory we all seem to have.  The memory could be a good one or a bad one, depending what side of things you landed on.  For some of us, looking back to the time of Elementary School gym class brings back fond memories of laughter and fun.  For others, however, the […]

Looking out the window of the bus, I was overwhelmed with what my eyes were drawn to.  What seemed like a sea of children were walking towards us.  They all had the same, sorrowful look in their eyes.  We had not yet approached the clearing, yet they were walking towards us, anticipating our arrival.  Later estimates would place the […]

As much as I tried to climb out of that space, it very quickly became evident that I was not able to pull myself out.  I remember looking up and could see the sky and the clouds above me.  I had the thought that I was glad that I was going to heaven because this was how I was going to die.  

Sometimes we are people of blessing.  But most of the time, we aren’t.   Sometimes we have to fight for our blessing.  But most of the time, we don’t. Fighting for a blessing feels hard.  And like we aren’t humble.  And there’s this idea that if we were worthy of being blessed, someone would see that, and we would be.  But […]

There is nothing you could ever do to earn God’s love. Nothing. And there is nothing you could ever do to remove God’s love. Nothing. Love is who He is. And loved is who You are.

Hey Fam, This week is the first of seven, where we will be taking a look at some of the deepest desires of our hearts. The one we are going to tackle today is the desire to be heard.  This one pricks my heart a little because it has been a life-long struggle for me to feel […]

Hey Fam!  I’ve missed you.  I took a bit of a hiatus on the blog because, well…. Life.  At the end of June I have a new book coming out (Yay!) and graduate school started back up.  So please forgive me for my silence, but I promise our next series will be worth the wait.  This week, I am introducing […]